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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-11-19
AN ASSAULT ON TARIFF.
SOMETHING THAT is BOUND TO COME
NEXT CONGRESS.

Carlisle Reported to Have His War Paint
on and Eager for the Fray-A Distressing
Observation-Disclosures Holds Press
Fiend Levy - Colquitt for q Cabinet
Piace-Postoffice Statistics.
WASHINGTON Cry, Nov. 19-That there
Is to be a definite plan of tariff reduction
submitted to congress there can be no doubt.
The plan will be recommended in the presi-
dents message and outlined in the report Of
the secretary of the treasury, and will have
had the previous approval of Carlisle and
of other Democratic leaders who will repre-
sent the Democratic majority in the house.
What the details of the plan will be it is not
yet possible to determine There can be no
doubt, however, that the general policy has
been determined upon, and that it involves a
reduction both in the internal revenue and In
the customs duties The committee on ways
and means will undoubtedly be constituted
by Carlisle so that the administration policy
will at least be submitted TO the house in an
authoritative form for consideration. 1t is
not expected, however, that it will be done
In hurry.
Carlisle has already said that he expects
that the session Of congress will continue I'M
til August Carlisle's position as to the re-
duction of surplus and taxation is well I'M
derstood, and has not materially changed
since the last congress- He thinks that there
should be a reduction of at least SO 0O0, 00(
in the revenue. He would favor the aboli
ton of the tax on manufactured tobacco not
including cigars and cigarettes. He is mol
disposed to make any further reduction Of
the tobacco tax, and will oppose any reduc
ton of the tax on whisky. He is also op
posed to the reduction Of the duty on sugar
but as to the rest of the customs list, vii
favor important changes. He believes tina
lumber, salt and coal should go on the fire.
list He would favor also the reduction O
the duties on wool
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-11-19

The clock has struck the hour of Young
MEMS Christian Association buildings
There is general move all over the cour
try on the part of Christian and philan-
thropic people to provide permanent
quarters in which to push forward more
vigorously this work OF saving the young
men.
Magnificent buildings are rising in near.
" all OF our leading cities. All demon
nations are uniting in the enterprise.
Business men are coming to see thai
money put into the association is good
investment, because, putting it on the
very lowest plane. it is q good police reg.
ulation. The police have learned that it
is vastly cheaper to prevent than to pun
ish crime. We are accustomed to look
upon these associations as simply bene,
nting its members and the churches. But
their influence is by no means limited tc
that sphere
They benefit society and the state
They are preventives to crime, and from
business standpoint are saving to the
tax payers of the community. Society i,
taxed to support charitable and penal in.
stitutlons; let that tax be applied to q
nrst-elass' thoroughly equipped building
Tor the association, and it will stand a,
Tue symbol OF law, morals. sobriety, viz.
tue, temperance and christian manhood
such building will confer an estimsbl,
doom upon our young men, and start al
influence for good that will magnify with
the ages.-Rev. James T. Miuehart.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-11-19

WASHINGTON CITY, Nov. l9-Col ]. F.
Bales, superintendent OF the free delivery
service, postoffice department., in his annual
report shows that the free delivery system was
in operation in ;S9 cities and towns on June
So 1881. To do the work 5,5i0 carriers are
employed, aud the cost Of the service is 81,
6lo. 49,. or The local postage collected wa.
ST, 69l ,2s3 20, showing that s., or SCI To was
collected in excess of the cost of the service
The increase in business done over last year
ranged from II to % per cent, the latter be-
ing in local mail matter.
At the following western postoffices the 10.
cal postage exceeded the cost of the service
and show net gain: Chicago, $l92 SIS So
Cincinnati, $40, 500 81; Denver, $20,075 50;
Detroit s., 97d. IS; Duluth, MINI, 81, AZ 4.
Kansas City. Mo-, s4, 49,. 50; Lincoln, Neb
81, 04 6s Milwaukee, Wis, 2,9l5 Is; Oma-
ha, sl2 GO; St Louis, s96 537 95; ST Paul,
$40. 33j %; Topeka, Kan, S263 IS
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-11-19

IT has been said that England is dis
satisfied with her free trade policy. The
remarks Of Mr.. Chamberlain. the British
fisheries commissioner, on the subject
are interesting. He saws: Il do not
think the majority of the English people
would submit to anything that would in
crease the prices of the cheap articles of
consumption. At the present time our
free trade policy secures to us the greater
portion of the neutral trade, and if We
were to hamper our production by pro.
tective tariff we should entirely lose this
advantage. By neutral trade. | mean
trade with those nations not themselves
great producers of manufactured ar
ticles and which depend for their sup
plies on manufacturing countries
lions such as the small South American
states and the Australian colonies. Nv
opinion has often been publicly ex-
pressed that if the United States ever be>
came an entirely free trade nation it
would most seriously compete with Eng>
land in those markets, and possibly drive
us from them"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-11-19
NOTHING GOOD IN THEM.
APPARENTLY OEPRAveD IN BREED,
SEED AND GENERATION,

An Old Reprobate Tells Story That Al
most Justities HIS Crime-Ing-nious Sui
eide In New York-The Mills Tragedy in
Detroit--A Bomb In Print shop
miscellaneous Cussedness.
Showers, the old farmer who has been in
Jail in this place since last May, awaiting
trial on the charge of numbering his two
grandchildi IN, has made his second confess
sion of his crime. His first declared that he
had killed the children al the suggestion of
his housekeeper, who aided him in the crime,
so that there would be- no impediment to his
marrying the housekeeper. Thursday the
old man (he is nearly ~ summoned Col
Seltzer to his cell and made second confess
sion TO him.
He said the children were two of four ille-
gitimate childen born to his daughter Sarah,
all by different fathers. he had always sup
ported them Soon after the birth of the last
child his daughter married a notorious char
acter known as "Hnffnagle, the Cowboy"
Huffnagle and his wife were anxious to get
Showers out of the way, and once his daugh-
Showers drove Huffnagle from The house
Huffnagle tried to kill the old man several
times, once by placing dynamite cartridges
where he was working. Soon after
that two of the children died. fol,
lowed by the death of their mother Then
Showers wife died, leaving him with the
care of the two remaining unfortunate grand
children. 1t was hard for him to get any
one to keep house for him and have the care
of the children, so he tried to place them in
different almshouses without success. Final
ly, overwhelmed with trouble, and believing
that it would be better for his nameless
grandchildren, he killed them while they
were asleep, and buried their bodies in 6
ditch, where they were found. Showers
does not charge his housekeeper with any
knowledge of the crime in his confession.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-11-19

Mr.. TAYLOR, the cOlOred democrat
from Kansas City who has been out to
Liberia as United States Minister, wants
no more OF it in his. He says:
1t is the toughest country ever struck.
They have no mules, no plOughs, and the
average wages are 81 So year. They
have some rich gold mines, but they will
shoot anyone who attempts to develop
them. My Goi | exclaimed, if this is
the country Of my fathers it is a good
thing they left it, and any negro who
wants to get back ought to be hanged.
and every white man who wants to 90
there ought to be put in an insane asy-
lum. There is no business for a con-
sui general to do. Four American YES.
sells come there year, and all from Bos-
ton. The general of the army is feed
consul for Belgium, the postmaster gen
eral is feed consul for Haytl The Libe-
rian brass band, consisting of one drum
with hole in it, and cracked fife, came
and serenaded me the night of the Fourth
OF July. and the next morning sent me a
bull for $50. They have their bill vet for
their pains. | was earning good living
In Kansas City, when my friends urged
me on Secretary Bayard for this place.
want to go back to Kansas City again: /
have had enough of Liberia.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-11-19
INTERVIEWED BY WHOLESALE.
How Mr.. Chamberlain Disposed OF the
Newspaper Men, who Called En- Mssse.

How Mr.. Chamberlain Disposed of the
Newspaper Men, who Called En- Masse.
WASHINGTON CITY, Nov. 49, twenty-five
of the more prominent of the Washington
correspondents waited on Mr.. Joseph Cham
herlain Thursday afternoon, at his hotel par
lor. They were asked to come in a body, so
that the time of England's plenipotentiary to
the fishery arbitration might not be too
greatly taken up by individual calls. All
were seated when Mr. Chamberlain entered
the room, and after a hearty greeting said he
thought be had met all the journalists in the
country in New York, but there seemed to
be few in this city. Then in answer to
questions he said he had been introduced to
the American members of the commission,
and that the convention would meet for the
first time on Monday.
The British commission, he said, had full
power to deal with the question, and what
ever they agreed to would be ratified by par
lament; what the American senate would
do, he of course could not say. The CONNER
cial union question would not be preached by
his side; neither did he think the Americans
would moot it. ave are here" said he,
ito allsy all irritation" and the feeling in
England was that war over the point at
issue would be a crime.
or course, it was out Of the question for
such an interview to take place without ref
erence to Irish politics and "Will your wing
of the Liberal party join the Gladston-
ians!" was the final question as the
rose to 60. Il can not say" re-
piled the diplomat with a smile at
depends on MIR. Gladstone. He has said that
his recent home rule scheme for Ireland W as
dead. l know not what he has to offer in its
place II it is just and feasible, it might
unite the Liberal party again.
"Yes, am in favor of a large measure of
home rule for Ireland, one that would sus-
tain imperial unity and imperial supremacy.
A plan something like that which obtains in
Canada, federation of separate provinces,
which in turn somewhat resembles that Of
the U United States"
At the close of the general interview Mr.
Chamberlain said to the United Press repre-
sentative: Al can not hazard guess as to
the length of cur deliberations here | trust
they will be brief | want to view this coun-
try in quite an extensive way, and if we are
delayed here a very long time this satisfac-
ton will be denied me. Yes, l will &c
through Canada Also
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-11-19
CONDENSED NEWS.

The Wisconsin Veterans home Gently es-
tablished at Waupaca is new re IL FOR the
reception of inmates
The vote of the Grand Army OF the Re-
public on the proposed dependent pension bill
is practically unanimous in favor of the
measure. 49,
One of the big coal companies of Pennsyl-
vania reports that the demand for co,l Is so
great that it Is impossible to accumulate
stock, though the mines are producing D, 600
tons per day.
A review of the fisheries business for the
last year at Gloucester, Mas. shows that
seventeen vessels have been lost with l27
men, sixty OF whom leave wi lows an I faith
erless children
While Mr.. Parnell's lieutenants are fight
ing vigorously their chief is resting quietly
at Hastings he writes that acting upon the
| advice of his doctors he will not speak dur
| ing the parliamentary recess.
Near Paducah, Ky, Friday, tine engine of
| a freight train on the Chesapeake q Ohio
| Southwestern road fell through trestle, the
supports of which had been burned away.
| into the creek bed beneath, and the engineer
and a brakeman were killed
The annual meeting OF the Methodist Epis
copal Church Extension society is being held
at Philadelphia. From reports presented
| Friday it appears that the last year ha.
been the most successful in the history of the
church. The receipts have amounted tC
sos, 00J, and the disbursements to 500, 600
Omshaha business men have complained tc
the interstate commission that the railroads
charge rate from Chicago to certain Ne
braska points that is much less than the com
bined rates from Chicago to Omaha and
thence to the places named, so that Chicag,
is largely benefited TO the detriment oil
Omaha.
The moral effect of the execution of tht
Chicago Anarchists is being felt in othe
cities. The police of Newark, New Jersey
are LOCATING the Anarchists of that city 81
that they can get hold of them on short no
tice, and the authorities have Withdrawn tn
license to hold Sunday meetings from tn
proprietor of their headquarters
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-11-19
SpecnIatIon on the Arensdnrf Trial.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa, Nov. l9-Nolhing in
the way of new evidence has been produced
in the Arensdorf trial, but there is now
growing belief that very important wit
ness, Henry Peters, will be produced by the
defense, at the proper moment. This belief
is strengthened by the fact that it is known
that party knowing the whereabouts of
Peters-who mysteriously disappeared after
the killing-went to the states attorney and
offered to produce him If a reward Of 81, 600
was paid him. They refused. He must then
have gone to the defense, who took him up.
They neither deny nor affirm that they will
produce Peters. He was known to have been
with Arensdorf on the night of the murder
Should he turn up the defense claim that
I.eavitt will lie arrested. Betting here is in
favor of the proposition that the jury will
not convict but will disagree, as before.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-11-19
OUTLOOK IN THE STEEL TRADE.


A Move Necessary that viii Throw Thou
sands Out of Work.
PrrTsBURG, Pa, Nov. 10 1t is probable
that an agreement will be reached within
few days whereby general temporary shut
down of the Bessemer steel rail works
throughout the country will occur about De-
cember l. 1t is.:said that the shutdown is
necessitated by the present high price
of iron ore and wages of employees,
that are too high for further reduction in
the selling price of steel rails. On the present
basis the manufacturers will not take con-
tracts. Another reason is the completing of
some old contracts, while other orders have
been withdrawn until the railroads can see
further ahead regarding NEXT year. The
shutdown of the rail mills will throw thou
sands Of men out OF employment and also
directly affect the coke interests, and would
throw 81. SO coke on a So market, necessitat-
ing big reduction in the production of coke,
thereby throwing out of work large mum.
Der of coke workers 1t is said that the pro-
posed temporary closing of the rail mills may
result in a reduction of wages for next year
when work is resumed on new understand
ing and additional contract
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-11-19

THE St. Paul Pioneer Press, republi-
can, pauses to remark that when state
election in New York can be won with
apparent ease by q party with revenue
plank in its platform that goes further
than any party announcement. state or
national, of the last twenty years, then
we may reflect that the tariff is not much
of tugaboo, and that tariff reform is
growing to exceeding popularity
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-11-19
DESPERATE INGENUITY.
A New York Farmer Takes Pains to Suicide
Thoroughly.

Thoroughly.
GENEVA, n V, Nov. l9-August Ranck-
ert, well-kno wn and prominent German
farmer living ten miles from Himrods, COM
mitted suicide Thursday morning after long
and careful preparations About Oct Is his
only daughter, Louise, eloped and married
an ignorant railroad trackman much beneath
her social station. Her father was terribly
shocked and grieved when he heard OF the
marriage. He cleared up all his seasons
crops of grain and sold them; then, placing
all the proceeds in the bank for his wife, he
Pent whole nights in going over bis ac-
count books, and made his accounts easy
and detailed explanation of the condition OF
his estate and plans for the improvem mt OF
his farm. Several people about Ranckert's
farm heard gunshot in his barn Thursday
morning, and ran there at once Ranckert
was founl dangling at the end of a halter
strap, with a gurshot wound in his left breast
He was dead. He had by an ingenious ar
rangement so fixed double-bafTeieds shotgun
upon two upright boards that when he was
hanging BY his neck the muzzle of the gun
would be close to his left breast A long
string was attached to the trigger OF the gun
and run over small pulley over the back of
the gun-stock Ranckert leaped off chair,
and while hanging by his neck pulled the
string attached to the gun. Both barrels
were discharged, and his heart was almost
entirely blown away
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-11-19

TOLEDO, Ohio, Nov. 10. - Abont sixty
sports went to patch of woods just over the
Michigan state line Friday to witness a fight
between Jack Dempsey and Davenport, a
Cincinnati German. The fight was under
London prize ring rules with skin gloves
One round Of about ten minutes finished
Davenport He clinched, but Dempsey got
in on his short ribs with both hands, knock
ing the wind ont of him. As Davenport
broke away Dempsey got in right,
full on his jaw, knocking him senseless to the
grass, where he lay, and the fight was given
to Dempsey. Dempsey is now in training
for fight with Murphy, of Grand Rapids
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-11-19

IT is not well-knoWn fact that the
Free Masons Of this country and Great
Britain, Germany, Italy and Spain are
cut off from all intercourse from those OF
France The Masonic orders of those
nations disoountenance those of France,
because the latter resolved years ago to
omit all mention of the name of The diety
from the ceremonial forms. The French
in their fights with the church carried
their antagOnisms to this weak extreme
in an order which has always been dis,
countenancrd By the potentates whom
they regard as the heads of ecclesissti-
cism
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-11-19

BALTIMORE, Nd, Nov. Ex-senator Cor
man said to reporter Friday, abiding to
the coming campaign: 1T will be the same
fight over again. have no question but the
Republicans will renominate Mr.. Blaine.
The ticket may be Blaine and Sherman. II
will be Blaine and western man most Ger
tainly-Harrison or Allison probably.
No, not Foraker; he is toe
Eighty. We will renominate Cleve
land. 1t is a foregone conclusion--the Oh
fight over again-wiDh vice presidential can
didates to replace Hendricks and Logan
probably an Indiana man, as our fight will
be exactly the same as before. Mcdonald,
Voorhees,, and Gray are available. Gray
was gallant soldier We don't need sol
1ier, however. Our candidate will certainly
come from the west"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-11-19
EXCITEMENT IN INDIANAPOLIS.


INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Nov l9-Local poit-
ical circles are very much excited over the
certainty that the county grand jury has in
dicted dozen or more local politicians for
alleged frauds committed in the late city
election. The offenses include perjury in
making false affidavits, bribery Of electors,
swearing in Illegal votes and voting Illegal
ly The bench warrants did not reach the
sheriff till late Friday evening, but he sue
ceeded in placing Roger A Sprague, indicted
for Illegally swearing in votes, under arrest,
and he was released on bail The names OF
the indicted persons not arrested have not
been divulged, but the list is known to in
clude several men of both parties who have
figured extensively in local politics.
In the meantime intense excitement pre-
walls and the result of the arrests is awaited
with feverish anxiety. Roger A Spragne
came here some three years ago from Michi-
gan, and was at one time member of the leg
lature in that state. He is said to be a
relative of Ex-Governor Sprague, of Rhode
Island
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-11-19

New YORK Nov. l9.-At meeting of the
standing committee of the joint COM
mittee of the trunk line railroads held
at Commissioner Frink's office Fri
day, it was resolved that the rates
issued by the Chicago 4 Grand Trunk, and
Grand Trunk railways on dressed beef and
export freights from Chicago Monday, Nov.
H. be adopted as the basis of the rate of The
joint committee with the further modifica.
ton of cattle and other tariffs made neces
sary thereby, the same to take effect Mon
day, Nov. II, 1887; that if any further
changes are made in the tariffs of the Chi.
cago 6 Grand Trunk and Grand Trunk com
panies the chairman of the joint COMMITTEES
is hereby empowered to authorize the issue Of
new tariffs to conform thereto
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-11-19
THS MARKETS


CHICAGO. Nov. IS
On the board OF trade to day quotations ranged
follows Wheat-No November. opened
and closed 75ls,I4c puls,inal: Decen,i,er. opened
and closed 49, sc: January. opened and
closed 7sIGr- C,rn-No, ? November. opened
and closed 445sc bid; December, opened 44ssc,
closed Iassc, January, opened and closed 44ssc
Oats-No, November, opened and closed -
nominal; December, opened 2'hsc hid closed
sfiesc asked January, opened aud closed 267sc.
Pork-JanIarv, opened s1S S5 closed SlSs5,
February opened Sls 81 closed siss7ls; May,
opened Sls s'le closed Sl4 32lb lard Novem-
Der opened ST. 74le bid, closed So s,lS nominal
Live stock The Union stock yards report the
following prices, Hogs-Mafk et opened active
and firm, with prices well maintained; light
grades. 81 5odsi a. rough packing 81 5014 Is;
heavy packing and shipping lots 81 65l5oo
Cattle Market strong; beeves, So I0l5 90:
cows S1S5aSoo; stockers and feeders, So oe1
$50. Sheep Market steady; natives, s. 5od
415 westerns SS.40G355; lambs, S. 15G5.s0;
Texans, 81 GOd3S0
Produce Fancy creamery. sc per To-;
fancy dairy. ao65 2ic; roll 1I@l6e; packing stock,
l2le913c. Eggs Fresh NC per doz; ice house,
17G1slac; picked, 14416c. Dressed poultry
chickens, las per ID; turkeys, 90 ducks Q
Gl0c; plucked geese live 81 ~ per doz Potatoes
-6sQ75 per bu; sweet POTATOES, So 0ob4 90 per
Dbl. AppleS-Fair to choice, 81 $4,000 per Dbl
CranberTies-Bell and cherry, $50 per bbl, bell
and bugle, $3.50
New York.
NEW YORK. Nov. IS.
Wheat-Unsetted. No. / red state 92GaSc;
No. edo. ssh g ssiec; No. red winter Decem-
her, s65sc. Corn-D Dull; No mixed cash,
56lec; do November, 55asc; do January, soc bid
oats-Quiet; No, white state. ss13sc; No ? do,
| S6lac; No. mixed November, Csc Rye
Dull and unchanged. Barley-Nomihal Pork
Dull; old mess $la5o, new. do, Sl4 SOFA 50
Lard-December, S. 20; January, sos.
Live Stock: Cattle-Prices steady; common to
prime native steers S3.ioGt5 2j y 100 fbs; few
tops, S. 30; 10 carloads fair Texas do, 50 65; Is
carloads Colorado do, S. S5Q600 Sheep and
Lambs-F Firm and higher for sheep s. 0oG2 s1l6:
dull and easier for lambs. $5.00doG 40 . lOe Ns
Hogs-Firm. live hogs S610GS.s0
ROCK ISLAND
Oats-New 26cG12Sc
| Hay-Timotns
| Hay-Wild, Ss10G$1a.01.
| Rye-4sc.
| Corn--Nsw. 8aG3c
| Potatoes-55460c
| Gosl-Soft lie nsid ~ o.
| Cord Wood-oak $500; Hickory So
| Straw-S7 90: baled Sc 90.